Serie A s referee scandal: Inter Milan s key battle, a VAR assistant who was frightened by Napoli fans

Inter Milan began to prepare for the key battle with Lazio on the weekend.

In Serie A history, before the penultimate round, the situation where Serie A was 1 point away from 2nd and 2nd had occurred 3 times in total. Two of them were the backlash teams to win the championship, namely AC Milan in 1998-99 and Juventus in 2001-02. The only time the leader kept the trophy was Juventus in 2011-12. The coach at that time was Conte. The two heroes in the Serie A League compete for the championship should have been a big show that belongs to football, suspense and sports.

Unfortunately, in Italy, the problem is always particularly complicated.

The Italian Football Association announced that the VAR assistant in the 37th round of Inter Milazio's battle was Marco Guida. However, the referee's remarks caused an uproar. He said: He dare not call out Naples' game because his family lives in Naples and he has to consider their safety!

A few days ago, Guida attended the "A Pranzo con" on CRC Radio On the Chiariello program, he said publicly: "I hope this matter is transparent and public, without any unspeakable motivation. Our referee appointed Gianluca Rocchi can choose a referee for the game. I have received proposals for law enforcement of Naples, but Fabio Maresca and I decided not to enforce the law in Naples. Because the football experience there is different from other cities such as Milan. This is not geographical discrimination. We only do what we think is the most appropriate. I live in Naples, I have three children, and my wife has her own business, which is a personal choice. I have to pick up the children in the morning... In this city, if I make a mistake, I will never be as safe as ordinary shopping when walking on the street."

Guida was born in the ancient city of Pompeii - only more than 20 kilometers from the center of Naples, a half-hour drive.

Guida's child goes to school in the center of Naples and his wife opens a shop in Naples. He dared not enforce the Naples game, which is understandable.

After all, as he said, the organizational composition of Naples' fans is complex, and the urban security situation is also very different from that of Milan City - not to mention anything else, Naples' own players who have encountered theft in the past five years have become "unlimited".

If Gueda enforces the Naples game and there is a controversy and misjudgment, it is still a pity if it is beneficial to Naples. If it is unfavorable to Naples, radical fans will make trouble at that time... Gueda will worry about his wife's store and the safety of his three children, which is also normal.

But the question is, why at the most critical moment of Serie A's championship, the Italian Football Association wants to send a Naples who was frightened by Naples fans to serve as the VAR referee of Inter Milan? Guida claimed that based on his family's considerations, he could not enforce Napoli calmly, but now he enforces Napoli's championship rival. If there is a penalty that is beneficial to Inter Milan - that is, Napoli fans think it is bad -, will he worry about his family's safety? What are the considerations for Serie A bureaucrats to send such a referee to take over the focus battle of the French Milan Eagle?

Italian Sports Channel reporter and famous TV host Palmerry expressed his dissatisfaction: "If Guida claims that he cannot calmly enforce the Naples game in order to protect his family, how can he be the VAR assistant referee of Inter Milan vs. Lazio? This is completely illogical. I am not completely against Rocky (the referee appointed), but this choice is really puzzling."

can only say that such an incredible arrangement is indeed "very interesting to the Football Association's adjustment".

Italian football has problems of this and that.

One of the problems is that there are always people who want to make the opportunity that may become a classic.

As mentioned earlier, since Serie A was formalized in 1929, it has reached the second-to-last round in the past century, with the top two players only 1 point away from the championship, but it has only happened 4 times.

When encountering such an opportunity, football should be the decision of itself and make sports pure. If there is another big drama like Ronaldo's tears on May 5, 2002, it may become a classic memory for a generation of fans, and will dominate the screens of major TV stations or video providers for many years in the future. This is the best way to promote Serie A.

However, the Italian officials insisted on creating such ridiculous and tragic things at this time, making the championship drama complicated and subtle, and conspiracy theories flying everywhere, which was speechless.

This is why the Italian team under their rule is getting worse and worse, and the Italian team under their rule missed the World Cup in a row.

Then let's wait and see. Let’s see what new tricks will this VAR referee who was frightened by Naples fans.